# Incident 19950329009479I: Piper PA46310P, Chester, CT, March 29, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 29, 1995, 20:30 local time
- Place: Chester, CT
- Airport: Chester Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3837° N, 72.5058° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHESTER (SNC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3837&lon=-72.5058&mi=10
- Aircraft: N234DM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N234DM-1997-04-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-46-310P (registry code 7104605, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-46-310p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA46310P
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 200 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950329009479I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

BRUSHED TREE TOP ON APPROACH. LANDED ON RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N234DM (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19960712016979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960712016979A), Jul 12, 1996: Piper PA46310P (N234DM), Hartford, CT, Destroyed. Failed to climb after lift off. Near stall clearing dike, ditched in river. Near gross. Had failed use flaps.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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